Intro to Astronomy Review

This is an object with made of ice that vaporizes when it gets near the sun as it follows its highly elliptical orbit

• asteroid

• galaxy

• comet

• moon

The hottest planet is

• mercury

• venus

• earth

• mars

which of the following is not a jovian planet?

• jupiter

• saturn

• mars

• neptune

evidence of the big bang includes

• aurora borealis

• cosmic background radiation

• blue shift

• supernova

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The asteroid belt exists between which two planets?

• mercury and venus

• earth and mars

• saturn and jupiter

• mars and jupiter

What gas causes the atmosphere of venus to be so hot?

• carbon dioxide

• water vapor

• hydrogen

• argon

Galaxies are classified based on their

• size

• color

• mass

• shape

which is NOT the shape of a galaxy?

• spiral

• elliptical

• irregular

• concave

What is the name of our galaxy?

• mars bars

• almond joy

• milky way

• snickers

Another name for the north star is

• Polaris

• Rigel

• Betelgeuse

• SIrius